August 26, 2014

Professor Harris-Perry Has The Floor Again

Melissa Harris-Perry did a nice job of taking apart Villager Joe Klein for his "cringe-worthy" op-ed he wrote this week for Time, where he did his best to malign Michael Brown for his own shooting and opined about the need to have an honest discussion about race relations in the United States. That discussion, as Harris-Perry discussed in her commentary above, is something Klein really doesn't seem ready to have yet when you dissect his article.

“Usually, a police officer involved in a use-of-force incident invokes his “Garrity” privileges, which means that he cannot be criminally or civilly prosecuted for statements made during the official investigation. This time was different, according to Basford. “Our union representative, Officer Ira Cavin, told me that Garrity didn’t apply in this situation, because I had supposedly committed a criminal act,”

Support the Police officer’s bill of rights.1) 1st Rule of Policing: At the end of the day, our policy is that the officer gets to go home, It does not matter how civilians are injured or killed.2) Sealing of all law enforcement records from the public.3) Police are entitled to privy when performing their duties. Police should only be required to identify themselves in the arrest warrant or report. 4) Automatic search warrant/SWAT raid for anyone in possession of video and/or audio of wiretapping Police Officers in public.5) Reporting and Statistics about Police misconduct, shooting, and use of SWAT should illegal to be collected or published as they may inflame anti police sentiment jeopardizing Officer safely and violating their privacy.6) Citizens must provide ID and must allow themselves to being searched by Law Enforcement when requested.7) Repeal Anti Police excessive force, false arrest and civil rights violations laws that jeopardize Officer safely.8) Police officers accused of misconduct should notified of all incriminating evidence or witness statements, be able to review it and remain silent for a 72 hours cooling off period afterwards.9) Police officer statements override any video evidence especially that gathered by illegal wiretapping Police Officers in public10) Police officer should be exempt from all making false statements laws11) Police officers should only be tried by a special court composed only of Law Enforcement officers.13) Qualified immunity should only be denied if the individual officer was sued previously for the same “unlawful actions or actions violating clearly established law.”14) “Brady cops” do not exist. Perjury in previous cases should not be a factor in judging a officer’s truthfulness and violates their privacy15) It is illegal to make a false accusation against a Police officer or engage in behavior that displays Contempt of Cop behavior.16) Amendment to the US Consititution that the Police officer’s bill of rights takes pesidentce over other "Civil Rights" in the Bill of Rights.